Okay, Sky+ is great. I love it, but lately keep getting System Fault message whenever try recording and also the planner gets wiped. I found out how to fix it which involves a system reset, but then it happens again if the power is turned off at night and on again in the morning. So now we have to keep it on overnight, but this doesn't help when it just decides to randomly turn itself off and when it comes back on the error starts again.

Anyone else encounter this and have you found a more permanent fix than simply resetting to temporarily fix it?

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Yeah, from looking around it seems to be the hard drive, since if they install new ones they don't get the problem anymore. Obviously Sky using dodgy drives. And seemingly happens with the new HD boxes as well.

So yeah may see about a new drive. Good job I usually watch what I tape within a week of taping it and don't build them up. The latest loss was the most recent episode of Friday Night Lights and Dexter. Dexter is repeated tonight or sometime this week.

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Yeah, I read that just using a PC hard drive wouldn't be a good idea. As for another box, I look at it as "how long until it happens again?" Will take a good look around tonight at hard drives and their prices and try and find one reasonably priced for what I need

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If you're turning it off you need to wait for the disc to spin down before removing power, otherwise it will get corrupted. Also Sky get pissy if you turn their boxes off... they owe my mum over £700 due to overcharging as she turns her sky boxes off.

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I'm amazed Sky are not pestering you. My mum has multiroom so they HAVE to be connected to a phone line (as stated in the Ts&Cs) and it seems they need to be powered all the time as well (not stated in the Ts&Cs....).

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Gotcha! I'm one of those people that rarely uses standby for anything. It's either off or on.

Reminds me of a time when I used to work in a hotel. Got a call to go up and check see why the tv wasn't working. Go up, Americans in the room. The husband was pressing the remote and the tv wasn't coming on. So I went over and pressed the tv power button and it worked.

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